Google’s secret $800 million Epic partnership is a massive plot twist in th

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TL;DR

• A secret, $800 million partnership between Google and Epic Games was exposed in court this week.
• Epic will pay Google for services; Google gets deeper access to Unreal Engine and will help promote Epic’s products on Android.
• Judge James Donato questioned if this deal diluted Epic’s fight for broader Android reforms.

After years of heated antitrust battles, Google and Epic Games have shocked the tech world with a secret, massive partnership now coming to light.

The surprise was revealed during this week’s court hearing, when it emerged that the two rivals had agreed to an $800 million, six-year strategic partnership, The Verge reports. Epic’s CEO Tim Sweeney hinted at the news on X, calling it “spicy details from the Epic v. Google settlement hearing!”




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